Chapter 998: Let the Incense Burn a Little Longer (5.4k, two-in-one)

Hantai Prefecture was windy and rainy.

The Ice Mirror Mountain avalanche rolled down, submerging large swaths of farmland.

Ships rose and fell with the waves, colliding and making muffled sounds.

April was a warm-up time in the northwest. It was rare for the air to have some moisture. The thunder caused by the battle between two Perfected Forms a hundred miles away opened a gap, causing heavy rain to pour down.

The two sides confronted each other, everyone bathed in rain and wind, magnifying their voices under the thunder, noisy and clamorous.

Some young members of the Bai family crawled out of the crowd and came under the umbrella tent, kneeling in the water puddles.

"Patriarch! Patriarch, say something!"

He De Ban looked back. For some reason, Bai Bai Mingzhe seemed to be unconcerned, hanging high.

Bai Bai Mingzhe was thinking about how to break the situation alone.

Bai Bai Chenfeng went to great lengths and mobilized the masses to let his grandson die, nothing more than wanting to take back power from the imperial court,

to be patriarch again. He must hold the bargaining chip of Bai Bai Xingwen's head, so Liang Qu would definitely not have an accident. If the first genius had an accident,

the bargaining chip of the head would change instantly. One hundred Bai Xingwens wouldn't be as heavy as one Earl of Baron Xingyi. The initiative would only be transferred to the imperial court, falling short of success.

Even if someone wanted Liang Qu's life, Bai Bai Chenfeng would be the first not to agree.

It's just that having a bargaining chip wasn't enough. Relying on the Bai family's strength alone wasn't enough to get on the table and press down. They must exert their thousand-year influence, lift up the entire Seven Guards of the West, and force the Martial Saint of the West to come forward.

The breakthrough point of the entire event was definitely not the earth-shaking battle a hundred miles away. The top priority was how to suppress the long-standing dissatisfaction within the Bai family, and in advance, a lightning bolt cut open half the sky, and the ground was illuminated in an instant.

The family elders suddenly closed their mouths.

The juniors realized later and gradually stopped making noise.

Although they didn't know why, they didn't dare to confront a group of Perfected Forms and Hunting Tiger demon beasts alone.

The noisy port was instantly deathly silent.

He De Ban clearly observed that the patriarch Bai Bai Mingzhe's expression changed drastically, extremely difficult to describe, as if he were both sad and happy.

"Patriarch?"

Bai Bai Mingzhe took a deep breath.

"Elder Bai Chenfeng, the aura is gone!"

"!?"

Rumble.

Lightning was in front, thunder was behind, resounding between heaven and earth.

Splash.

Blood dripped from the spear tip, merging into the waves, dyeing the white crests pink.

The Eight-Armed Vajra with fangs slowly faded away.

Rain fell on the corpse, disappearing into thin air.

Liang Qu twisted his arm, breaking more black lines. Broken hair flew, the black-gold spear tip broke the skull. This was still not safe, so he turned it back, and the tiger-head spear tip cut in from the left shoulder, breaking the entire upper body.

Every time he wielded 【Zhan Jiao】, the Qi Sea in his body dropped sharply.

Yet in the golden eyes, those weird black lines wanted to reorganize. The upper body of the broken body still had black lines trying to connect. This was the weirdest situation Liang Qu had ever seen, but the 【Zhan Jiao】 supernatural power was not for show.

The black lines tried but were useless.

Finally, he wielded Fu Bo to chop Bai Bai Chenfeng into eight pieces, falling into the water in pieces.

Splash.

【Essence Water】 rolled, turning into a giant hand to hold all the meat pieces, light flashed, and it was firmly fixed with 【Nether Sea Cage】.

"Ah!"

Bai Chen Elder Honglang was confused, skin and flesh sticking to bones, looking like a skeleton. His aura was extremely withered. His thin, branch-like hands couldn't cover the bleeding neck at all, and blood flowed down like a waterfall.

By common sense, such a wound should have stopped bleeding with a Perfected Form's recovery ability, but the blood flowed endlessly.

"Earl of Baron Xingyi, save me!"

Without half a moment of hesitation, he swung his big arm, and Fu Bo swung again.

He understood Bai Bai Mingzhe's hint, and at that time, he understood Bai Bai Chenfeng's plan. Later, A Wei proved this point. Bai Chen Elder Honglang secretly spied, the two were together, originally foxes and wolves in collusion.

Whatever evil means, blood relative sacrifice, or others, leave the decryption to the Imperial Observatory, Liang Qu was only responsible for sending the evidence over!

Black-gold flashed.

Lightning flashed.

"Bai Chen Elder Honglang! Elder Elder Honglang's aura is also gone!"

At the port, everyone's heart missed a beat.

The elders were extremely shocked, and some even couldn't stand still, retreating several steps.

Long Long Yanrui finally understood what was going on.

The Bai family was originally one body, and there must be an aura between Perfected Forms. As outsiders, they naturally didn't know as clearly as the Bai family.

The matter was done!

Long Long Binglin scanned and signaled Long Long Yanrui not to relax his vigilance. Earlier it was a confrontation, but now there was a real possibility of moving hands!

"Ha!"

The old toad yawned again, lying on the recliner with its belly up.

Heavy rain poured down.

The atmosphere was oppressive.

Bai Bai Mingzhe didn't know whether to be sad or happy.

Sad that a Heavenly Grandmaster fell into the Blue Lake, the Bai family's foundation was undoubtedly cut off. Happy that the days ahead would likely be stable, without worrying about this or that.

One Bai Bai Xingwen, one third level, one second level.

The bargaining chip in the Bai family's hands was bigger, but the bargaining chip was big, first someone had to use it!

Bai Bai Chenfeng's power looked big, but most of those who united were neutral factions, mostly making trouble for benefits, and there were also old feelings of having secretly received benefits. Without a leader, they immediately scattered like birds and beasts.

After intense emotions came thinking.

Bai Bai Mingzhe walked out of the umbrella tent into the rain. Servants wanted to follow but were stopped by Bai Bai Mingzhe, as if the rain could help him think.

How did Liang Qu do it?

Even if the Earl of Baron Xingyi's supernatural powers were invincible and caught him off guard, the Bai family had the General's ritual and the ancestor's protection. Below a Martial Saint, they were invincible!

All Perfected Forms of the Bai family had the ability to summon ancestors. How could Bai Bai Chenfeng and Bai Chen Elder Honglang die for no reason?

In the gap of the port's deathly silence and confusion.

Pitter-patter.

A pile of shredded meat and two dried corpses fell like rain, piling up on the stone slabs.

The face of the only remaining head was wrapped in long hair, unable to see the face, but everyone knew who this pile of shredded meat was.

"Bai Bai Chenfeng, I killed him."

The voice came from high in the sky.

The juniors looked up blankly.

Above the sky illuminated by lightning, Liang Qu carried the black-gold spear on his shoulder, standing on the dragon head, with dark clouds filling the sky behind him, lightning flashing, unclear.

"Bai Chen Elder Honglang, I also killed him!"

The Bai family elders felt the shame of being insulted, and before they could attack.

"This official came to the Blue Lake to visit relatives. Bai Bai Xingwen offended the imperial decree and harmed imperial court officials. He deserved to die!

Bai Bai Chenfeng, without public trial, colluded with Bai Chen Elder Honglang to seek private revenge, and was executed on the spot!

It's just that this dried corpse appearance is not my doing. Bai Bai Chenfeng was unwilling to be defeated, and at the moment of death, he bit Bai Chen Elder Honglang, intending to fight back, which saved me the effort."

"What!?"

The Bai family elders were shocked.

They had received too many shocks in two days. Hastily pushing aside the messy silver hair, it was clearly an evil face with fangs!

How did this happen?

"I will write the memorial myself and submit it. Recently, this official has been on the Blue Lake. If you are not convinced, come and seek revenge!

Even if you complain to the Emperor, I am in the right. Ta Ta Kai, let's go!"

The blue dragon roared and landed on the deck.

Ta Ta Kai pulled up the sail.

The fat catfish leaned down, spraying air at the Bai family juniors in front, blowing mucus all over their faces, then picked up the double hammers, carried Long Long Eying, and strode onto the ship.

A port's water beasts gathered and returned to the team.

Someone wanted to stop them, but was stopped by Bai Bai Mingzhe's eyes. The remaining elders, whether sincere or fake, all made a look of being more concerned about Bai Bai Chenfeng's condition.

Now was definitely not the time for both sides to confront and intensify the conflict.

"Send the two elders' corpses home first."

"Yes!"

"Today's matter, before there is a clear result, no one is allowed to spread it! Do you hear me?"

"Understood!"

"Go back!"

The Bai family disciples at the port scattered sparsely, their energy and spirit disappeared by a large margin, very listless.

Bai Bai Mingzhe watched from afar.

Today's matter was far from over. Not to mention within the clan, there was still the Ice Wheel Bodhi Temple to solve—

"Truly... absurd."

Giant waves surged, pushing the treasure ship far away.

Liang Qu wiped Fu Bo clean, put it into the Qiankun bag, put part of the flesh and blood tissue into a wooden box, let Long Long Eying freeze it, and prepared to wait for Red Mountain to return before sending it to the Imperial Capital.

"Elder, are we leaving just like this?"

Long Long Yanrui leaned to Liang Qu's side to inquire, his face still excited.

The Long Ren clan lived in the Jianghuai Great Ze. There were four single demon kings, occupying the southeast, northwest, and everywhere they were oppressed. Today, coming out with "brother-in-law" to make a big scene at the Bai family was truly refreshing.

"Long Yanrui, you're getting carried away." Long Long Binglin laughed. "Do you remember what we came here for?"

"Dealing with the Great Snow Mountain, taking the position fruit—no." Long Long Yanrui reacted immediately. "We are accompanying Master Toad to visit relatives in the Blue Lake!"

"That's right."

Liang Qu took the towel from Long Long Eying, wiped his face clean, and took the opportunity to take off the Long Dragon Lingxiao to wash, removing the bloody smell.

"Long Yanrui, what concrete big crimes does the Bai family have?"

Long Long Yanrui shook his head: "There don't seem to be any on the surface."

What did the Bai family do?

Patriarch and Hantai Prefect Bai Bai Mingzhe shrank in the Bai family, silently correcting. You can say he has insufficient ability, but you can't say he is disloyal, there is a factual error.

Does the former patriarch Bai Bai Chenfeng have a problem?

Of course he does, flirting with the Great Snow Mountain Lotus Sect, accepting benefits, harvesting concubines, which is why he was removed from the position, but in reality, he couldn't be directly labeled as treason.

"Long Yanrui, even if there are government restrictions, opening special customs, and strict restrictions, it is common for border people to trade privately with the Northern Court and Southern Frontier.

In the end, the border people are living their own lives. There are cheap wool coats and delicious cheap mutton. How could they not buy them because of a ban and go buy Central Plains goods that are half as expensive? Some capable ones can even resell them to earn the difference.

If you have to dig deep, it's that Bai Bai Chenfeng's awareness is not enough, and he obstructed Bai Bai Mingzhe from turning the family around, but he can't be easily convicted on this basis. If he is convicted like this, everyone will be in danger.

The Seven Guards of the West have Martial Saints.

The Great Shun is divided into two capitals and eighteen provinces.

The actual province is a general summary. The Seven Guards of the West are not provinces, but they are equivalent to provinces, so they are divided in.

Perfected Form can suppress a prefecture, Martial Saint can suppress a country. This scope of the country is not according to the Great Shun.

A province of the Great Shun is a country of others.

With a Martial Saint ancestor, the Bai family's power is intertwined in the Seven Guards of the West, with many marriages, and the actual scope of influence is far more than Hantai Prefecture, with a double-digit number of Perfected Forms.

At another time, Bai Bai Chenfeng's behavior could even be tolerated. But now, there are hidden dangers in the north, south, east, and west, and the Great Snow Mountain wants to blood-sacrifice the Blue Lake. The internal unstable factors must be cleared early to avoid multiple chaos exploding together later.

Long Long Yanrui suddenly realized: "So we found another reason to deal with it?"

"You re-sort out the behavior process on the surface."

"We accompanied Master Toad to visit relatives in the Blue Lake. Bai Bai Xingwen offended the imperial decree and harmed imperial court officials. His grandfather Bai Bai Chenfeng didn't know the mistake, colluded with his cousin Bai Chen Elder Honglang to seek revenge, fought to the death, and the elder killed them?"

Liang Qu nodded: "Exactly. This is the whole process. The high-level Bai family might understand the root cause, but the people below won't be clear. They will suppress their emotions. We leave immediately after finishing, letting them digest the facts and calm down is the most stable."

"Brother-in-law... Elder, according to what you said, we seem to be—in the right on the surface, but not particularly in the right." Long Long Yanrui was worried.

The dead are the greatest. People are dead, quite simply, and there are two Perfected Forms inside.

Too "domineering".

A collision with an unknown cause, killed the Bai family's one-or-two excellent great-grandsons, and even slaughtered the great-grandfather in one breath.

"What do you think the imperial court will do?" Liang Qu asked back.

Long Long Yanrui thought hard: "Kill first and report later, give a not-too-big punishment, appease the Bai family's emotions, and secretly give benefits? This way the Great Snow Mountain won't be alert to the real target."

"Yes, the real target is still behind!"

Liang Qu was shirtless, exercising his muscles and bones.

The Bai family was just the beginning.

The Ice Wheel Bodhi Temple also lost a master. Although it was only a first-level Perfected Form, it was a little living Buddha in an ordinary temple and would definitely not let it go!

Establish a foothold.

Still have to kill!

"Amitabha." Huai Kong put his hands together.

"Quack!"

The old toad shook its head and tail, coming out of the cabin, "Ice Jade Toad clan land, found it or not?"

"Master Toad, rest assured, soon! It will definitely be found before May!"

Liang Qu summarized the fish school information and went to explore in another direction.

The fat catfish poked its head, made a report, passed through the 【Vortex Waterway】, and returned to the Jianghuai Great Ze.

The toad clan clan land needs to be built, and he also needs to show his face in the Great Huai Army often, very busy.

Village outside the Hantai government office.

Zhe Dan was shocked: "Wind and rain last night, there was a Perfected Form battle? How could it cause such a big commotion?"

Ling Xuan, who came back from scouting news, still had shock on his face.

"It was the Earl of Baron Xingyi who came. He killed Bai Bai Chenfeng and Bai Chen Elder Honglang alone."

???

How did he kill them?

"Isn't Liang Qu a first-level Perfected Form? How could he kill a third-level and a second-level?"

Ling Xuan scanned the circle, adding: "Now he is a second-level Perfected Form, a Grandmaster."

Oh...

This is also unreasonable!

Especially since the Bai family has a General, it can almost be regarded as invincible within the Perfected Form realm!

"Facts are facts."

Ling Xuan couldn't explain. He asked repeatedly and confirmed repeatedly, and the answer he got was like this.

Magistrate Jian Magistrate Jian Zhongyi narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking of the "black smoke" he saw when buying meat that day.

"Why did the Earl of Baron Xingyi come? Could it be to support us?"

"Shouldn't be. Supporting us, why so grand?"

"It is said that he is on the Blue Lake. Should we contact him? Magistrate Jian Zhongyi, you have stayed in Pingyang Prefecture, what do you think?"

"Me?" Magistrate Jian Magistrate Jian Zhongyi pondered for a moment. "The Earl of Baron Xingyi is famous. At this juncture, perhaps he has other important matters.

If we can communicate, it's also good. If it's not support, just don't talk about the Blue Lake matter."

Snow Mountain Domain.

The cold wind was biting, the smell of butter filled the entire Buddha hall, and the Sanskrit sounds were constant.

The Ice Wheel Bodhi Temple was built on the mountain, with no windows, only candlelight, and the room was very dark.

The Snow Mountain Domain was large and wide, but the living environment was difficult, and the population was far less than the Central Plains.

It was also its wide range that exceeded the perception range of Perfected Form's thousand-mile soul chasing, so Master Danzeng Danzeng Qujie's death had not yet spread to the temple from Hantai.

The incense still had to burn for a while.

Imperial Capital.

!

Red Mountain panted, landed from the sky, its scales flashing, steaming white mist.

Walking on air!

First-rank Dragon Blood Horse!

Both corpses and secret letters, the imperial officials didn't dare to delay and immediately submitted the letters to the palace.

Not an hour passed.

The reply came out again.

Red Mountain was not in a hurry to leave, stayed in the Imperial Horse Prison to eat and drink, enjoyed a delicious meal, and sprinkled extra sweat.

Early the next morning, refreshed, it ran out of the Imperial Capital.

Hantai was not Pingyang, further from the Imperial Capital, Liang Qu waited for Red Mountain to go and come back, also giving the Bai family enough time to calm down.

Facts proved that at least before figuring out how Bai Bai Chenfeng and Bai Chen Elder Honglang died, no one came to seek revenge.

On Ice Mirror Mountain.

Bai Bai Chenfeng's shredded meat and broken limbs were sewn together with needles and threads, and Bai Chen Elder Honglang's head was also pieced together, pale as snow.

"Patriarch!"

"Figure it out or not?"

"The wound on Elder Elder Honglang's neck was indeed caused by Elder Feng! Although I don't know why, Elder Feng bit Elder Elder Honglang before he died, and a reaction occurred between the two, causing Elder Elder Honglang's essence and energy to flow away continuously, not only transferring to Elder Feng's body, but even exceeding it!"

"Exceeding?" Bai Bai Mingzhe was stunned.

"Yes, it should be that something was stimulated, besides—"

"Finish your sentence."

"Elder Feng seems to be very 'water-absorbing'—a cup of water placed next to Elder Feng's corpse will disappear out of thin air."

"Evaporation?"

"Not evaporation, it just disappears!"

Bai Bai Mingzhe frowned, pacing in a circle.

"Does the clan have relevant kung fu? In Elder Feng's cultivation room, were any clues found?"

The Bai family had a long history and many books, even he didn't dare to be confident that he knew all the methods.

Perhaps it was some strange art in the clan?

"There is a secret passage in the cultivation room, and there are hundreds of white bones under the secret passage, and some are frozen. Looking at their skeletons, many are young women, which should be the sky-walking mothers sent by the Lotus Sect masters. Those frozen, looking at their marks,

many temples have them."

Bai Bai Mingzhe pinched the bridge of his nose, not surprised.

He had long known that the Lotus Sect often sent this to Bai Bai Chenfeng.

The dual cultivation of the Lotus Sect was mostly harvesting. Ordinary women couldn't live past thirty. It's just that the women in the Snow Mountain Domain were not in Hantai territory, so he was too lazy to care.

The Great Shun law didn't care about the people of other countries either.

"Understood, continue to investigate."

"Understood."

On the treasure ship.

Liang Qu opened his eyes suddenly.

"Master Toad, found it!"

"Quack?"

The old toad fell off the recliner, tightening its toad skin.

Before finding it, it urged and urged, but after finding it, it had a bit of reluctance to find it. ===== CHAPTER 999 =====

Liang Qu opened his eyes suddenly.

"Frog Duke, found it!"

"Croak?"

The old toad fell off the recliner, its frog skin tightening.

Before finding it, it kept urging and urging, but after finding it, it actually felt a bit reluctant to look.